What are the responsibilities and job description for the System Developer position at SciLifeLab?
About The Workplace
The Swedish Museum of Natural History (Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet, NRM) and Science for Life Laboratory (SciLifeLab) Data Centre are seeking a motivated and skilled system developer to support the development of national data services in the evolution and biodiversity research area. Employment and placement will be at the NRM, with work led by SciLifeLab Data Centre.
NRM (https://www.nrm.se/engelska/in-english) is a government agency and leading research institution, as well as Sweden’s largest museum. For over 200 years, it has collected more than 11 million specimens of plants, animals, fungi, environmental samples, minerals, and fossils, while conducting research on life on Earth. Its knowledge is shared through exhibitions, Cosmonova, and both on-site and digital activities.
SciLifeLab (https://www.scilifelab.se/) is a hub for life science research in Sweden and a collaboration between Swedish universities. Since 2013, SciLifeLab has been assigned by the Swedish government to operate national infrastructure, to provide cutting-edge life science technologies and expertise to Swedish researchers, and to be a top international centre for research in health and environment sciences. SciLifeLab Data Centre (DC) (https://www.scilifelab.se/data/) is a central unit within SciLifeLab with responsibility for IT- and data management, serving the SciLifeLab and the Data-Driven Life Science (DDLS) research program, involving eleven partner organisations.
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Working at the Data Centre, you will be at the core of Sweden’s top infrastructure for life sciences, shaping the integration of cutting-edge IT and data science into Swedish life science research, and maximizing the impact of the large amount of research data generated at SciLifeLab. You will join data engineers, data stewards, and system developers in a rapidly growing, dynamic and progressive team with a leading role in Swedish data driven life science.
The successful candidate will work at the Data Science Node in Evolution and Biodiversity within the DDLS program. This data science node coordinates services and support needs for national research communities in evolution and biodiversity. It strives to make tools, project information, code, and data as open as possible through SciLifeLab’s national Data Platform with the FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable) principles at the core.
Work tasks
As a system developer in our team, comprising data stewards, system developers, and data engineers, you are expected to participate in the development of national data services geared towards the research community in evolution and biodiversity. The development work might encompass both backend and frontend tasks.
This work may involve collaboration with national and international infrastructures, as well as community-driven data service projects. It requires developing technical solutions to manage complex datasets, in coordination with data engineers and developers from other organizations. Solutions for metadata management and standardization are of special importance, as well as integration with various data sources, such as environmental or biodiversity measurements, genetic data from various organisms, and large scale molecular data.
We provide a dynamic and inspiring work environment. We also value knowledge sharing between teams and developers and provide for continual training.
Qualifications
This job requires
Form of employment : Permanent employment
Scope : Full-time
Commencement : According to agreement. We apply a 6-month probationary period
The Swedish Museum of Natural History (Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet, NRM) and Science for Life Laboratory (SciLifeLab) Data Centre are seeking a motivated and skilled system developer to support the development of national data services in the evolution and biodiversity research area. Employment and placement will be at the NRM, with work led by SciLifeLab Data Centre.
NRM (https://www.nrm.se/engelska/in-english) is a government agency and leading research institution, as well as Sweden’s largest museum. For over 200 years, it has collected more than 11 million specimens of plants, animals, fungi, environmental samples, minerals, and fossils, while conducting research on life on Earth. Its knowledge is shared through exhibitions, Cosmonova, and both on-site and digital activities.
SciLifeLab (https://www.scilifelab.se/) is a hub for life science research in Sweden and a collaboration between Swedish universities. Since 2013, SciLifeLab has been assigned by the Swedish government to operate national infrastructure, to provide cutting-edge life science technologies and expertise to Swedish researchers, and to be a top international centre for research in health and environment sciences. SciLifeLab Data Centre (DC) (https://www.scilifelab.se/data/) is a central unit within SciLifeLab with responsibility for IT- and data management, serving the SciLifeLab and the Data-Driven Life Science (DDLS) research program, involving eleven partner organisations.
Read more
Working at the Data Centre, you will be at the core of Sweden’s top infrastructure for life sciences, shaping the integration of cutting-edge IT and data science into Swedish life science research, and maximizing the impact of the large amount of research data generated at SciLifeLab. You will join data engineers, data stewards, and system developers in a rapidly growing, dynamic and progressive team with a leading role in Swedish data driven life science.
The successful candidate will work at the Data Science Node in Evolution and Biodiversity within the DDLS program. This data science node coordinates services and support needs for national research communities in evolution and biodiversity. It strives to make tools, project information, code, and data as open as possible through SciLifeLab’s national Data Platform with the FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable) principles at the core.
Work tasks
As a system developer in our team, comprising data stewards, system developers, and data engineers, you are expected to participate in the development of national data services geared towards the research community in evolution and biodiversity. The development work might encompass both backend and frontend tasks.
This work may involve collaboration with national and international infrastructures, as well as community-driven data service projects. It requires developing technical solutions to manage complex datasets, in coordination with data engineers and developers from other organizations. Solutions for metadata management and standardization are of special importance, as well as integration with various data sources, such as environmental or biodiversity measurements, genetic data from various organisms, and large scale molecular data.
We provide a dynamic and inspiring work environment. We also value knowledge sharing between teams and developers and provide for continual training.
Qualifications
This job requires
- University degree in a relevant area (e.g., information technology, computer technology, computer science, systems science, or bioinformatics), or demonstrate equivalent expertise in one or more of these fields.
- Documented experience in Python or other relevant programming languages.
- Documented experience of Git version control system.
- Documented experience from working in Linux-based environments
- Fluent English communication skills, both verbally and in writing.
- Documented experience working with virtualization and/or container technologies, preferably Kubernetes and Docker.
- Knowledge of front-end JavaScript web frameworks and tool chain.
- Experience with databases (e.g. MySQL, PostgreSQL).
- Experience with tools and frameworks for data visualization.
- Experience working with Scrum or similar approaches.
- Knowledge and interest in supporting biodiversity or environmental science research and infrastructure in Sweden.
- Ability to work both autonomously and in collaboration with colleagues in different fields.
- Taking own initiatives.
Form of employment : Permanent employment
Scope : Full-time
Commencement : According to agreement. We apply a 6-month probationary period